APOLLO

Sometimes I go to this world’s darkest place.

There’s no bright air and only black abounds.

With all my strength I seek Apollo’s face

But falter parched on every day’s dry grounds.

Then I wander and cling to my instincts

And step ‘round all the weird winds of fashion,

Finding there’s no critics I can convince,

My eyes cast down to mask my raw passion.

Each day I lash the words ‘til they confess

What’s in my heart and bursting to be read

And yet there’s no respite from facelessness

While time spins by and leaves my mind near dead.

How could those mighty poets of lost years

Survive the stress and torture of their tears?